19 Feb 1946
British Western Pacific Territories
British Western Pacific Territories
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Torokina, Solomon Islands and embarked Japanese personnel. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- USS Cabrilla conducted exercises in the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Ling arrived at Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Alan Turing presented a paper that revealed his design of a stored-program computer, but he was scrutized by the British government as it contained too much secret technology developed during WW2. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- New Mexico Senator Dennis Chavez recommended Pedro del Valle to President Harry Truman as the governor of Puerto Rico; local political opposition eventually led to del Valle asked to be excluded from consideration. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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